After working in manufacturing for more than thirty years, Operations Manager Bernie Bronson has spent the last nine years working with the Arizona Correctional Industries. The organization’s goal is to reduce the recidivism rate by providing real world work experience and marketable skills for state prison inmates so they may obtain gainful employment upon their release.

Bronson has always been interested in continuing his education and has both a Green and Black belt in Lean Six Sigma. To date he has completed more than thirteen seminars with Bob Ramsey Executive Education.

“I enjoy the Bob Ramsey Executive Education Program because it offers a wide variety of subject matters directly related to the many challenges you encounter working within and with government agencies,” Bronson explains.

With over 25 years of experience and a vast knowledge of one of the biggest government agencies in the State of Arizona—the Department of Corrections—Bill Foster is no stranger to its inner workings.

Foster is the industrial operations administrator for Arizona Correctional Industries, an organization that provides the state prisons’ incarcerated population an opportunity to learn traits and skills which can help them earn employment and be a productive member of society upon their release.

In this position, Foster’s interest was piqued by Bob Ramsey Executive Education at ASU.

“What interested me was that most of these programs are tailored around governmental positions and agencies,” Foster stated. “So many times there is a lot of training which does not tackle that. Our challenges can be a little bit different than those in the business world.”